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🌱 Patch AM: How did Minnetonka’s top-ranked Skippers pull off their season-opening win?

Also check out Saturday Family Storytime on the Minnetonka Patch calendar

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Hi there, Minnetonka! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How did Minnetonka's top-ranked Skippers pull off their season-opening win?

Today's riddle: Why did the chicken go to the gym? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Clouds and sun; hot and humid, with a high of 91 and low of 67 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: Partly sunny, a stray t-storm, temps: high: 89, low: 70.
  • Sunday: Humid with a t-storm possible, with a high of 83 and low of 70 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• How the Minnesota Top 25 fared in the season opener (startribune.com) — Minnetonka's top-ranked Skippers opened their football season with a tight 14-7 win over East Ridge, breaking a late tie and defending a final-seconds pass. The statewide Top 25 rundown shows how other leading Minnesota programs, including Eden Prairie and Lakeville South, fared in their first games. It's an early sign Minnetonka could be a serious contender again this fall.
   

📸 Around Minnetonka

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Minnetonka

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    Saturday September 5
  • Saturday Family Storytime
    Ridgedale Library 12601 Ridgedale Drive, Minnetonka, MN 55305
    10:00 am
  • Tuesday September 8
  • Evening Family Storytime
    Ridgedale Library 12601 Ridgedale Drive, Minnetonka, MN 55305
    6:00 pm
  • MHS-Senior (Gr 12) Parent Program
    Minnetonka High School Virtual
    7:00 pm
  • Wednesday September 9
  • GRV - Bus Safety Day
    Groveland Elementary School GRV Front Parking Area
    8:30 am
  • GRV - School Picture Day
    Groveland Elementary School GRV East Gym
    8:30 am
  • Drop-in Tech Help
    Ridgedale Library 12601 Ridgedale Drive, Minnetonka, MN 55305
    4:00 pm
  • Ridgedale Library Chess Club
    Ridgedale Library 12601 Ridgedale Drive, Minnetonka, MN 55305
    4:30 pm
  • Thursday September 10
  • Teen Games and Hangout
    Ridgedale Library, 12601 Ridgedale Drive, Minnetonka
    4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • I need two new LR windows .
    Also will need them installed. Don't want a big box company and not looking to pay an arm and leg. Had a different company but it is taking forever… (Nextdoor Covington)
  • Planet Fitness, Inc. posted a job opening for Overnight Custodian in Minnetonka. Apply here.
  • Lactalis American Group, Inc. posted a job opening for Advertising Art Director in Minnetonka. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Minnetonka here.

🗞 Nearby News

Hopkins

  • New Minnesota dashboard reveals sharp measles vaccination gaps across schools (kstp.com)
  • Hopkins' Tre Moore weighing football, basketball recruiting (startribune.com)
  • Hopkins police reports, Aug. 24-30 (hometownsource.com)

Wayzata

  • Job ID:26030626 - Wealth Management Client Associate - Wayzata, Minnesota (bankofamerica.com)

Minneapolis

  • Mary Moriarty's Office Declined To Charge Or Seek Red Flag Order Against Deadly Shooter (patch.com)
  • Minneapolis Mass Shooter Was Being Evicted Over Gun Threats, Court Records Show (patch.com)
  • Feds Charge ICE Agent For Lying To Investigators In Minneapolis Shooting: Report (patch.com)

Ok Minnetonka! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: He was working on his pecks (pecs). (Thank you W F C. for sending it in!)
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